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ALE-in-ISI Talk Series – Dr. Michael Bernhard (Dec. 11th)
On Thursday, December 11th, 2025, Dr. Michael Bernhard, Lecturer & Research Associate at Goethe University in Frankfurt, Germany, presented a talk entitled “Migrant Learning & Life Course Transitions: Theoretical Conceptions and Empirical Insights from Biographical Research.” Watch the talk here. Overview: In this talk, Dr. Michael Bernhard explored how adult learning unfolds through migration as a…
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ALE-in-ISI Talk Series – Prof. Richard Desjardins (Nov. 17th)
On November 17th, 2025, Richard Desjardins, Professor of Education and Political Economy at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), presented a talk entitled “Coordinating Lifelong Learning: A Multi-Level Political Economy Approach to Adult Education Systems.” Watch the talk here. Overview: In this talk, Professor Richard Desjardins invited participants to rethink adult and lifelong learning…
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Sept 19th & Oct. 1st Dialogue Network Meetings
In the Fall of 2025, ALE-in-ISI hosted the following three Dialogue Network Meetings: Transnational Meeting Summary Adult Learning and Education in Immigrant Settlement and Integration (ALE-in-ISI) UBC & German Institute for Adult Education (DIE)Date: September 19Format: Hybrid (Canada–Germany) Purpose of the Meeting The meeting brought together researchers and practitioners from Canada and Germany to share…
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Mar. 4th, 2025 Talk: The Comparative Politics of Immigration Policy in Canada & Germany
The ALE-in-ISI Speaker Series Continues! On March 4th, 2025 at 9:00AM (Pacific Standard Time) Dr. Antje Ellermann, Professor and Co-Director of the UBC Centre for Migration Studies presented a talk on “The Comparative Politics of Immigration Policy in Canada and Germany”. Watch the talk here. Overview In this talk, Dr. Antje Ellermann introduced a comparative…
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Feb. 11th Talk: A Theory of Immigration Policy: The Insulation Logics of Policy Arenas
Our First Talk in the ALE-in-ISI Speaker Series a Success! On February 11, 2025, Dr. Antje Ellermann, Professor and Co-Director of the UBC Centre for Migration Studies presented “A Theory of Immigration Policy: The Insulation Logics of Policy Arenas.” This was the first talk in the ALE-in-ISI Speaker Series on Migration & Adult Education and…
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Nov. 9, 2024 – Paper Presented at the conference of the International Society for Comparative Adult Education
On November 9th, 2024, Tom Sork, Hongxia Shan, Alexandra Ioannidou, & Katrin Kaufmann-Kuchta presented the following paper at the conference of the International Society for Comparative Adult Education in Florence, Italy: Case Study of Reflexive Analysis for Avoiding the Pitfalls of Comparative Research. Presentation Slides Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to critically analyze…
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Launch of the ALE-in-ISI Website
Welcome to the website!